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THE  LIBRARY 

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THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


REMINGTON 

STANDARD 

TYPEWRITER. 


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The  only  System  which   combines  legibility 
with   brevity  of  outline. 


BY 

Member  of  the  Instiiui  Stenographique^  des  deux  Mondes  oj  Paris. 


Published    by   tht  Acme   Phonography  Company, 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


1888. 


:*     *  •.  • 


PRESS  OF 

THE  CHURCH   NEWS, 

934  F  Street,  Northwest, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


CcrpyriQhted,  1888. 


i^  lE^  E  IP  ^^  O  E  . 
o 

The  introduction  of  a  new  system  of  Shorthand  into 
the  already  well-stocked  market  can  be  excused,  or  justi- 
fied, only  on  the  ground  that  it  contains  features  which 
make  it  superior  to  any  of  the  systems  now  in  use.     And 
although  to  rapid  writers  of  the  older  systems  we  know 
that  it  sounds  like  heresy  to  speak  of   improvement  or 
advance   in  ^Shorthand,    yet   we   know    from    experience 
that  the  "Acme  System  of  Phonography,"  taught  by  us 
in  Washington  for  the  past  two  years,  possesses  all  the 
good  points  of  the  best  systems  now  in  use,  has  many  pe- 
rn    culiarly  its  own,  and  has  none  of  the  drawbacks,  or  disad- 
^     vantages,  that  mark  nearly  evjery  system  invented  up  to 
>-     the  present  time. 

-c  The  ''Acme  System  of  Phonography,"  is  a  modification 
^  of  the  system  of  M.  Duploye,  taught  universally  in  the 
schools  of  France,  and  almost  exclusively  used  in  all  its 
public  institutions.  An  adaptation  of  it  for  the  English 
'*■  language,  was  made  some  years  ago  by  Mr.  Sloan,  of 
^  London,  and  called  the  " Sloan-Duployan  System;"  the 
T    same  system,  considerably  modified   and   improved,   we 

have  called  the  "Acme  System  of  Phonography." 
u        The  good  points  of  any  really  good  system  of  Phonog- 
^    raphy  intended  for  general  use  in  correspondence  and  re- 
?   porting,  can  be  reduced  to  these  essential  ones  : — 1st,  sim- 
plicity ;   2d,  brevity ;   3d,  legibility ;   4th,  speed.     In  ver- 
batim reporting  speed  is  an  essential  condition  that  can- 
not be  dispensed  with ;  and  no  system  can  be  considered 
worth  the  trouble  of  acquiring  unless  it  can  satisfy  every 
demand  made  upon  it  in  this  respect.     On  this  point  we 
do  not  claim  for  the  "Acme  System"  superiority  over  any 


PREFACE. 

other  first  class  system ;  but  we  claim  that  a  good  Acme 
writer  can  do  as  well  as  a  good  writer  of  any  other  sys- 
tem and  learn  to  do  it  in  a  much  shorter  time.  Speed  is 
secured  by  brevity  of  the  word-outlines  ;  but  brevity  and 
speed  without  easy  legibility  of  what  is  written  were  use- 
less ornaments. 

This  point  of  legibility  is  one  of  the  characteristic  excel- 
ences  of  the  *'Acme  System."  All  other  systems  giving 
high  rates  of  speed  have  their  word-outlines  so  brief  as 
to  be  merely  arbitrary  signs,  and  to  be  wholy  unintelligi- 
ble to  any  one  but  the  writer  of  them,  and  unintelligible 
even  to  the  writer  one  month  after  the  notes  were  taken. 
Not  so  the  "Acme"  writing,  it  is  as  easily  interpreted  in 
ten  years  as  in  ten  months  after  the  writing,  and  is  as 
easily  read  by  others  who  know  the  system  as  rapidly 
written  long  hand  of  the  same  writer  would  be.  Another 
point  in  which  the  Acme  system  stands  alone  is  its  simpli- 
city. So  simple  is  it  in  detail  that  children  of  tivelve  years 
of  age  can  learyi  it.  We  do'  not  mean  by  this  that  here  and 
there  a  bright  twelve  year  old  child  was  found  who  could 
read  or  write  a  few  phrases  in  the  shorthand  characters, 
but  we  have  successfully  taught  the^system,  in  one  of  the 
schools  of  Washington,  to  a  class  .of  boys  whose  ages 
ranged  from  ten  to  thirteen  years.  The  time  required  for 
adult  students  to  learn  the  system  is  about  two  months. 
In  other  systems  it  requires  as  many  years  and  even  then 
only  the  very  brightest  students  can  make  any  use  of  what 
they  have  acquired  with  so  much  study  and  application. 
The  dullest  student  can  acquire  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  ''Acme  System."  But  speed  must  of  course  be 
proportioned  to  the  amount  of  application  of  each  one  in 
particular. 

K.  J.   \4ULVEY. 
N.  B. — In  proof  of  the  claims  we  have  advanced  in  the 
foregoing  remarks,  we  give  on  another  page  extracts  from 
some  of  the  testimonials  already  received  from  a  few  of 
ou?  pupils.  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  18S8. 


ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 


ALPHABET. 

(Note. — With  a  view  especially  to  the  more  ready  comprehension 
of  the  vowel  rules  which  follow  later  on  it  has  been  found  convenient 
to  divide  tbe  consonant  signs  into  the  somewhat  arbitrary  classes  of 
Tiorizontal,  vertical,  and  curved  signs.  The  horizontal  signs  are 
straight-line  signs  traced  from  left  to  right;  the  vertical  signs  are 
straight-line  signs  traced  downwards;  and  the  curved  signs  include 
all  those  which,  in  whatever  direction  traced,  have  a  curved  outline.) 


CONSONANTS. 

Horizontal: 

T        D        L        R 

Vertical: 

P 

1 

B        K        G  and  J 
I        /               / 

H 

\ 

\ 

Curved: 

F 

V 

W        KW        TH 

Y 

M 

N 

NG 

S  and  Z        SH  and  ZH 

CH 

\^ 

r\ 

r\ 

c           ) 

NASAL  SOUNDS. 

an,  en, 

in 

on,  un        ine        oin 

own 

>CN 

VOWELS. 

(T 

• 

\ 

a         au.  O 

uh        oo        fi        « 

C,  1 

i 
1 

o 

0 

i 
9 

DTPTHONGS. 
oi          u         rw 
Q          ^        ^ 

0 

ACME   PHONOGRAPHY. 


Note  1.  "R"  is  added  to  the  following  letters  :  t,  d,  1,  r,  p,  b,  k,  g  and 
j,  h,  f,  V,  w,  kw,  th,  and  y,  by  merely  thickening  the  signs, 
thus : 

TR        LR        PR        KR        HR        FR       etc. 

-     •     I     /      \    ^ 

Note  2.  "R"  is  prefixed  to  the  following  letters:  m,  n,  ng,  s  and  z,  sh, 
and  zh,  ch,  by  thickening  the  sign,  thus:  RM     \^ 

Note  3.  "R"  is  added  to  the  Nasal  Signs  by  merely  thickening  the 
^"""       sign.    Example:  anr  onr         etc. 

Note  4.  "S"  is  prefixed  to  all  consonants  by  bending  the  beginning 
of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 

ST 


SP 

SK 

SF 

SL 

SM 

SW 

1 

/ 

'^ 

«/ 

O 

r 

Note  5.  "S"  is  added  to  all  the  consonants  by  bending  the  termina- 
i        tion  of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 

DS       BS        GSandJS        VS        RS        NS        KWS 

-,     L  /  '^    /*    n^     .  ^ 

POSITION    OF    VOWELS. 
Rule  1.  Circles  and  ovals  are  Joined  with  horizontal  signs. 

(a)  Initial,  below. 

(b)  Terminal,  above. 

(c)  Medial,  above,  when  the  two  consonants  form  a  straight 

line;  but  when  the  consonants  do  not  form  a  straight 
,line  the  vowel  must  be  traced  outside  the  angle. 

Rale  3.  Circles  and  ovals  are  joined  with  horizontal  signs^ 
...J^    (a)  Initial,  on  the  left.  ^ /:.,_, 

(b)  Terminal,  on  the  right. 

(c)  Medial,  on  the  left,  when  the  consonants  form  a  straight 

line;  but  outside  the  angle  when  this  occurs. 

Rule  3.  Circles  and  ovals  are  joined  with  curved  signs. 

(a)  Initial,  inside  the  curve. 

(b)  Terminal,  inside  the  curve. 

(c)  Medial,  between  two  curves;  inside  the  second;  between  a 

curved  and  a  straight  outline  always  inside  the  curve. 


ACME   PHONOGRAPHY. 


FIRST  LESSON. 
VOWELS   AND    DIPHTHONGS. 
&,     o    a,s  in  at,  add,  cad,  mad. 
i,      o*  as  in  height,  light,  isle. 
oi,    O"  ^^  ^^  ^^^'  ^^y^  alloy, 
au,  1 

>  Q  as  in  odd,  ode,  laud,  load, 
o,     ) 

uh,     O  as  in  up,  pup,  tub. 

CONSONANTS. 
T        D        P        B        P       V 

-       -        ,  I  N      ^ 

Note  1.  "R"  is  added  to  the  above  consonants  by  merely  thickening 
the  sign,  thus: 

TR        DR        PR        BR        FR        VR 

—    .    I    \  ^ 

Note  2.  "8"  is  prefixed  to  all  the  above  consonants  by  bending  the 
beginning  of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 
ST        SD        SP        SB        SF        SV 

<^      ^      n        1      ^     '^ 

Note  3.  "S''  is  added  to  all  the  above  consonants  by  bending  the  ter- 
mination of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 
TS        DS        PS        BS        FS        VS 

-^         -^  L  L  ^       "^ 

POSITION   OF  VOWELS. 
Rule  1.  Circles  are  joined  with  horizontal  signs. 

(a)  Initial,  below. 

(b)  Terminal,  above. 

(c)  Medial,  above,  when  the  two  consonants  form  a  straight 

line;  but  when  two  consonants  do  not  form  a  straight  line 
the  vowel  must  be  traced  outside  the  angle. 
Rule  2.  Circles  are  joined  with  vertical  signs. 

(a)  Initial,  on  tne  left. 

(b)  Terminal,  on  the  right. 

(c)  Medial,  on  the  left,  when  the  consonants  form  a  straight 
line;  but  outside  the  angle  when  this  occurs. 

When  a  vowel  occurs  between   "R"   and  another  consonant,  the 
thickening  of  the  second  consonant  requires  the  omission  of  the  vowel. 


8 

ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 

FIRST  LESSON— Exercise. 

V 

at 

^ 

sputter 

<r 

oat 

\ 

props 

GT 

utter 

c 

bob 

toe 

5 

bribe 

w6' 

try 

b 

bow 

^' 

tie 

J- 

bought 

-n- 

taught 

y 

brought 

-JD, 

trots 

i- 

brighter 

— 

add 

cf- 

prods 

o— 

odd 

<u 

bride 

a— 

odor 

I 

bats 

fiO 

straw 

^ 

off 

—o 

daw 

Oi 

offers 

-^ 

draw 

•^ 

fife 

— 0 

dries 

9 

foe 

-  n. 

dot 

^ 

over 

— £u 

daughter 

% 

vie 

'^l 

up 

■v 

after 

1 

upper 

> 

fought 

c 

pop 

> 

fight 

* 

b 

paw 

•v^ 

fats 

J. 

pat 

"X 

vats 

cK 

pots 

-^ 

votes 

<?- 

spot 

"V 

void 

ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 


-f 

tops 

-f 

etop 

t 

stub 

-f 

tub 

t' 

stripe 

-^ 

tough 

-^ 

stove 

^ 

fop 

^, 

advise 

*i 

straps 

•9-> 

address 

^ 

dried 

-^ 

died 

•**-» 

strides 

1' 

tribes 

J- 

bad 

Uim 

trotter 

% 

spies 

-O. 

totter 

t 

apt 

-t 

tap 

f 

trap 

> 

frook 

? 

frocks 

FIRST  LESSON-Continued. 


J. 

i 

J- 

t- 


frogs 
strive 
prize 
fry- 
paupers 
above 
dove 
drove 
toad 
adds 
does 
dies 
fodder 
brat 
broad 
papa 
proper 
pride 
patter 
butter 
post 
boast 
past 
dusters 


10 


ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 


FIRST  LESSON— Continued. 


Of     -) 
I 
off     j-  o 

or    J 


he 
his 
him. 


and    *- 
on       J 
in         ^ 


IS 

to 
the 


(- 


•^>J;;^»»^*<f-* 


(The  above  are  special  contractions  for  words  of  frequent  occur- 
rence and  should  be  learned  thoroughly.) 

Strive  to  stop  the  fight.  The  boys  trod  on  the  oats.  Todd  ad- 
vised Bride  to  draw  a  draft.  Ope  the  door  for  the  daw  and  the  dove. 
Tie  the  boat  to  the  tough  upper  strap.  The  daughter  of  Pat  bought 
a  fife  and  a  top.  Papa  taught  Bob  and  his  bride  to  draw.  He  for- 
bade the  fight.  The  boy  bought  a  bad  bat.  Bob  bribed  the  pauper 
to  vote.  Add  oats  and  straw  for  the  driver.  Put  the  tub  into  the 
vat.  He  bought  a  pot  of  fat.  The  bad  boy  put  the  paw  of  the  pup 
into  the  fire.  The  pipe  burst.  Put  the  butter  in  the  tub,  and  put 
the  tub  in  the  ice.  Avoid  the  bad  boy.  The  broad  bright  tide.  Pass 
the  pipe  to  Pat.  Put  the  bat  in  the  boat.  Vote  for  the  fife.  Puff  the 
pipe.  Papa  bade  Tot  be  in  at  five.  Put  the  pie  by  the  fire.  I 
bought  the  boy  a  toy.  Trot  off  and  put  the  pie  in  the  stove.  I 
bought  the  staff  for  papa.  The  prize  to  be  fought  for.  The  boys 
passed  up  in  the  boat.  Bob  and  Fido  fought  for  the  prize.  The  poor 
pauper  died.  Fido  appeared  to  be  apt  and  bright.  Put  the  pot  on 
the  stove.  Tap  the  vat,  and  draw  Ihe  beer  for  the  drovers.  Try  to 
draw  the  bow. 


ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

11 

riEST  LESSON- 

-Heading  Exercise. 

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1     -    -f 

-    >• 

X     -     b    -fl-r-      -^ 

-    cr»  y 

,a 

°-L..)- 

— 

»:>   ,    -«\ 

-X    9 

^ 

-    ^ 

—    — 

■^ 

X     HT  — 

J- 

-w      -ZTj 

6J       ^ 

X    -    -a 

o  i. 

J-     .->>    ^ 

-fx    i 

-Q. 

/r.' 

^t 

-    -D    X 

.X 

-    > 

X   — 

Ixi-  .  J- 

;. 

-    '       - 

.     d-     X      <r—     CT' 

—^  4U: 

^   . 

-     "^   X 

el- 

-    f    ^ 

.       V 

«     u   cr    . 

6-    o 

■^  X 

.  J- 

i    ch    - 

b. 

cr  ^    ^ 

"i      X 

-    -^     U     X 

cf-   - 

J.    ^ 

f    -. 

.    ch    - 

f 

\-    &   X 

-^      . 

-i-  V  > 

-J-    X     -» 

C—    X 

t   -,    W  - 

«^ 

X   ch    - 

J-     -u 

(^  a  >- 

^"^ 

X  A     - 

. «» X 

i    J-  ^ 

1 

^     o."^ 

K     d-- 

.  1.  I  - 

^  X   . 

J-    - 

I . 

jr  X  i^2- 

o 

-     C^      - 

i.    A 

-     '^     X 

.  d- 

_    "^ 

^i 

X    -    t 

1 

>    ■%    X 

-'k 

i-  ^  ^ 

J-. 

c 

v^ 

"^  >- 

t 

X    -    1    Sl 

X     VX> 

%_   1 

1 

Ji-    X 

eh    -.<f 

^ 

^     X 

-f      -. 

y     -     -D     _ 

1  ^ 

-  "^  >f  -»• 

-D    - 

k    X 

- 

12  ACME  PHONOGRAHHT. 


SECOND  LESSON. 
VOWELS  AND  DIPHTHONGS, 
a,    0.  as  in  eight,  late,  great. 
e,    Ot  as  in  feet,  meat,  greet, 
e  )       as  in  edge,  get,  let. 

\  )       as  in  fit,  lit,  it. 

oo  ) 

>■  ^  as  in  food,  rule,  fael. 

ow,  ^as  in  out,  O'wl,  bowel. 

CONSONANTS. 
*L        R        K        GandJ       H        W        KW 

^     ^    /       /  \     r     /^ 

Note  1.  "R"  is  added  to  the  above  consonants  by  merely  thickening 
the  sign,  thus: 


LR 

RR 

KR 

GR  and  J  R 

HR 

WR 

KWI 

• 

y 

/ 

/ 

\ 

r 

/" 

Note  2.  "S"  is  prefixed  to  all   the  above  consonants  by  bending  the 
beginning  of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 


SL 

SR 

SK 

SG  and  SJ 

SW 

SKW 

• 

y 

7 

/ 

r 

r 

Note  .3.  "S"  is  added  to  the  above  consonants  by  bending  the  termin- 
ation of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 


LS 

R8 

KS 

GS  and  J8 

HS 

W8 

xw 

/> 

y 

^ 

/ 

\. 

(T 

r 

When  "ted"  or  "ded"  terminate  a  word  the  vowel  may  be  dropped 
and  the  two  consonants  traced  as  one  sign. 

*  L  and  K  are  always  traced  upward. 


ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

13 

SECOND  LESSON. 

/ 

ail 

r 

rakes 

1 

!          ^ 

all 

r 

rolls 

^ 

law 

r 

real 

/ 

lay 

y 

roll 

1 

/ 

lieu 

/ 

air 

^ 

laws 

</ 

oars 

^ 

leal 

/ 

rays 

y 

loll 

/ 

raw 

cP 

slow 

■     ./■ 

roar 

/ 

yule 

>■ 

roads 

r 

owl 

/■ 

rout 

/f 

lap 

7- 

read 

.f 

lop 

/- 

ride 

Ji 

sleep 

^ 

roofs 

Jl 

loops. 

/^ 

rough 

J 

sloop 

/^ 

reefs 

X 

rude 

/^ 

arrive 

5^ 

loads 

/^ 

rovers 

f 

lodge 

/ 

ricks 

/ 

leak 

/ 

rocks 

/ 

lodger 

/' 

rage 

/ 

ledge 

y\ 

revile 

>^ 

ladders 

/e 

retract 

T- 

lead 

A- 

raft 

14 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

SECOND  LESSON-Continued 

? 

ogre 

Y 

hope 

/ 

eager 

V 

hoop 

/ 

Jack 

V 

hip 

y 

Jake 

NO 

hoe 

/ 

joke 

>•. 

hie 

< 

gave 

y 

whole 

K 

Jove 

y 

hill 

^ 

gape 

^ 

hold 

^ 

grapes 

>^ 

held 

J. 

grade 

\ 

perhaps 

^ 

jolt 

V- 

had 

/- 

gild       ' 

V 

hot 

/ 

grab 

;^ 

hit 

>/ 

greek 

•     V 

height 

^ 

graft 

^*. 

hist  ■ 

/ 

bridges 

vs 

hoist 

} 

brag 

V. 

house 

i 

grub 

>r 

halt 

^ 

gripe 

y 

hilt 

V 

groop 

>> 

hawk 

d 

grow 

Y 

hop 

/ 

grew 

^- 

heed 

/ 

gay 

» 

help 

/ 

gray 

1 

happy 

ACME   PHONOGRAPHY. 

15 

SECOND  LESSON-Continued. 

^ 

crops 

^ 

slopes 

t 

crept 

4 

slips                ^ 

f 

creep 

^ 

alive 

y 

croup 

^ 

leave 

h 

cro-wd 

4 

allot 

-^ 

crude 

^ 

alight 

^^ 

creeds 

^ 

litter 

^ 

cried 

^ 

lights 

S' 

cope 

-9- 

allude 

V 

capes 

^ 

allayed 

f 

crape 

— 

adder 

^ 

cut 

•»«- 

aid 

^ 

cull 

'    -*■ 

days 

oC 

cuff 

y 

steal 

-s 

cover 

4- 

spade 

y 

cruel 

^ 

skill 

r 

cowl 

^ 

scatters 

^ 

cooler 

/I 

scalp 

<^ 

goad 

>» 

ochre 

^ 

give 

> 

spoke 

/- 

cowed 

i^ 

scoop 

«^ 

skip 

i 

possible 

^ 

skiflf 

4 

prosperous 

Z' 

school 

^ 

characteristic 

16 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

SECOND  LESSON-Continued. 

C 

wall 

'   ^ 

quail 

^ 

wail 

^ 

squall 

/ 

walk 

C 

quote 

v^ 

week 

C 

quota 

/ 

wag 

< 

quaflf 

/ 

wage 

(T 

quack 

c 

wad 

^ 

quart 

<c 

wade 

<^ 

quilt 

r 

away 

^ 

quake 

/L 

waft 

^ 

querulous 

A 

wave 

^ 

quadrille 

^r- 

wild 

4 

quadruple 

^ 

waltz 

r 

query 

c 

water 

c 

quite 

4. 

waiter 

c 

quit 

c 

sweet 

^Y 

queer 

^ 

swell 

/L 

quartette 

f 

swop 

< 

quaver 

f 

wabble 

f 

quibble 

f 

awake 

c 

squat 

t 

wile 

f 

quaker 

i: 

west 

r 

acquire 

i/ 

warrior 

^ 

quality 

c 

wet 

£ 

quickset 

ACMK  PHONO&BAPHY. 


17 


SECOND  LESSON— Continued. 


well 

we 

you     1 

she 

less       >  v' 

our 

I     A 

yours  y  «= 
your 

hers 

will     J 

us     , 

from     T) 


"-^^S^*"^**?-* 


What  did  you  eat  for  breakfast?  Let  there  be  peace.  The  Jews 
kept  the  law.  Bid  him  adieu.  This  is  the  law,  obey  it.  Bid  him 
bide  with  us  awhile.  The  fate  of  the  fat  boy.  The  power  of  ubiquity 
in  God.  The  discovery  of  the  plot  forced  the  traitors  to  flee  away. 
A  dissipated  and  dissolute  fellow.  The  way  was  dark  and  dreary. 
List  to  the  prattle  of  the  little  girl,  and  the  coo  of  the  baby.  The 
pretty  birds  carol  in  the  tree  tops  out  in  the  fields.  Give  the  poor 
girl  the  cup  of  jelly.  The  old  folks  dwelt  in  the  cottage  by  the  brook. 
Place  lillies  on  the  dead  girl's  head,  and  lillies  on  her  breast.  Water, 
pure  water,  for  all.  The  old  bucket  dropped  into  the  well.  The  old 
boat  leaked.  Hark!  to  the  war  cry.  We  daily  ask  bread  of  God. 
Let  us  all  be  up  and  at  work  while  the  day  lasts.  Give  the  wreath  of 
laurel  to  the  hero.  We  eat  in  order  to  live,  but  do  we  live  in  order 
to  eat?  A  quack  doctor.  Wafer  the  letter.  He  vowed  a  vow  to  fight 
or  die.  The  bough  bowed  over  the  vat.  A  wall  of  fire.  Give  the  boy 
a  quill  to  write  with.  The  address  to  the  troops  produced  strife.  Let 
the  door  be  ajar.  The  rider  fell.  Heed  the  boy's  order.  He  spoke 
truly.  A  very  useful  box.  Go  away  and  play.  The  lapel  of  a  coat. 
Rebuke  the  bad.  A  paper  cap.  A  blue  slipper.  Try  to  behave  bet- 
ter. A  party  on  the  river.  A  rapid  racer.  The  cows  are  in  the  clo- 
ver. A  cluster  of  grapes.  The  lady  has  a  lap-dog.  A  likely  story, 
truly.     Take  away  the  gravy.     Scouts  are  out. 


18  ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 


SBCOND  LESSON— Beading  Exercise. 

■:3^  _  -5^    >^x_^   ^  -y  —  -^ X  ^  ^ 

^-^    N.    .     '^    X   .   >'   ^     ^  X     7^'/*    ^    X    X     /-    /      ^  X 


ACME  PHONOGRAPHY.  19 


THIRD  LESSON. 

CONSONANTS. 

M        N        NG        S  and  Z        SH  and  ZH        CH        TH        Y 

Note  1.  *'R"  is  prefixed  to  the  following  letters:  m,  n,  ng,  s  and  z,  sli 
and  zh,  by  thickening  the  sign,  thus: 

RM        RN        RNG         RS        RSH  and  RZH      RCH 

W  ^       .^  (  )  ) 

Note  2.  "R"  is  added  to  "TH"  by  merely  thickening  the  sign,  thus  : 

THR     V  » 

Note  3.  "S"  is  prefixed  to  the  above  consonants  by  bending  the  be- 
ginning of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 

SM        SN        SNG        SCH 

Note  4.  "S"  is  added  to  the  above  consonants  by  beading  the  termin- 
'     ation  of  the  sign  into  a  small  hook,  thus: 

MS        NS        NGS        SHS  and  ZHS        CHS        THS 

POSITION  OP  VOWELS. 

Rule  3.  Circles  and  ovals  are.joined  with  curved  signs. 

(a)  Initial,  inside  the  curve,  as:    am       aim 

^  € 

(b)  Terminal,  inside  of  the  curve,  as:       no  nay       shoe 

(c)  Medial,  between  two  curves,  inside  the  second,  as  man; 

between  a  curyed  and  a  straight  outline  always  inside 
the  curve. 

♦  The  affix  "sion"  and  "tion"  may  be  represented  by  the  "sh"  sign. 


,     20 

ACME    PHOIfOGBAPHY. 

THIRD  LESSON. 

V 

am 

*^ 

an 

€* 

aim 

*> 

earn 

i 

ma 

tf\ 

urn 

i                    ^' 

may 

O 

no 

^ 

mail 

•r^ 

nay 

y 

maek 

'\ 

noble 

V 

make 

Q 

now 

Ji 

mouse 

<% 

nigh                                  i 

>*^ 

mad  ' 
made 

never 
knoll 

^ 

marsh 

^ 

nail 

tj 

army 

9 

snug 

aX 

amaze 

*) 

snatch 

^ 

motion 

^ 

notch 

"^ 

mention 

O^ 

notes 

i           v£r» 

moment 

Q- 

needs 

V 

B^ack 

r^ 

Nile 

<^ 

smoke 

.    ^ 

snail 

<f 

saask 

n 

snap 

«^ 

mall 

0 

renew 

sjf 

mole 

'^ 

nippers 

^ 

Mabel 

-i 

nibbler 

«9- 

smote 

Od> 

name 

^ 

mobs 

Og/ 

numb 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

31 

THIRD  LESSON-Continued. 

c 

as                                                     ^    ocean 

c 

ease                                               o)      show 

<a 

so                                                     ^)     harsh 

C 

say                                                  ^     shall 

^  ^  sober                                              ^     shell 

k. 

sod                                                 ^      »hot 

^ 

soft                                               ^     sheet 

^ 

save                                                y       shop 

<9 

supper                                          p      ship 

'W 

sole                                              ^      shove 

(y 

sell                                               ^i      shuffle 

9 

sack                                                ^      shock 

^ 

sage        .                                        P       shake 

P» 

sake                                              ^     shaft 

f* 

sucker                                            \     shivers 

u. 

recite                                             ^      shippers 

(o 

resume                                           f^       shook 

K 

resent                                             cr—    shod 

^ 

result                                              ^      shatter 

^ 

receive                                            ^     sham 

^ 

restrain                                          <>      shame 

s 

recitation                                      a       shore 

% 

resemble                                       ^     share 

1 

resolution                                     ^^    shelled 

22 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

THIRD  LESSON-Continued. 

0 

each 

^     yacht 

•) 

arch 

^     yawl 

:> 

chew 

y    yell 

J 

chow 

^      yet 

1. 

chat 

_^    yellow 

)- 

chowder 

^^  yields 

i) 

cheap 

j>    yoke 

i> 

cheek 

y~  yard  . 

> 

chill 

•j     yam 

3- 

child 

^    year 

») 

choke 

^    yours 

; 

chaff 

/     youth 

r 

chart 

j^    yonder 

H 

church 

jS-\    young 

^ 

cheat 

^      yeast 

^ 

chide 

>^      yankee 

chum 

_/%     yarn 

-^ 

change 

^       yes 

1- 

arched 

^      yelp 

l 

charm 

^^JM*  youngster 

) 

chap 

^       Yatagan 

^ 

choppers 

^^  yards 

i 

chapter 

.O    'yearn 

i 

checks 

,A\     yon 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

23 

THIRD  LESSON- 

-Continued. 

\*/ 

them 

") 

match 

»< 

thither 

\*^ 

madness 

V. 

than 

%. 

magnate 

V 

thrift 

^ 

machine 

V 

thrive 

y 

magic 

s 

therefore 

o^ 

maiden 

V? 

thank 

\»- 

remit 

N> 

thatch 

^ 

remote 

though 

-/ 

maker 

vo- 

thought 

v^a 

malefactor 

y^f 

thoughtless 

v<r> 

maim 

\ 

Thesis 

•5 

action 

>> 

thieve 

4 

poach 

^ 

thereby 

^ 

mission 

V. 

thee 

4 

potion 

Vn 

thong 

>9 

lotion 

Vw 

thunder 

■55 

duration 

va. 

throat 

■^ 

fashion 

'(O 

throne 

"^ 

decision 

>> 

thrush 

<^ 

contrition 

\ 

thrash 

^ 

condition 

V*' 

thrill 

^. 

moderation 

N^ 

throb 

^ 

interruption 

^€/ 

thumb 

^ 

rotation 

24  ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 


THIRD  LESSON— Continued. 


more    I  j  should    )  which  )  ^       with 


1  no    1 

1  I 

1^  \^  not  y 

!  I 

J  nor  J 


w     not  ;>  .-s  .  \  )  [)  \  r 

much  I  I  sure        )  such     )  would 


To  the  diligent  all  things  are  possible.  It  becomes  us  better  to 
be  studious  of  our  actions  than  to  boast  of  our  abilities.  The  fall  of 
man  is  the  subject  of  Milton's  great  poem.  The  star  of  hope  lights 
man  even  in  the  gloomiest  night.  To  combat  against  our  own  hearts 
is  diflBcult.  There  are  few  heroes  who  maintain  their  characters  till 
their  old  age.  Talents  without  application  are  no  security  for  pro- 
gress. Prosperity  gains  friends,  adversity  tries  them.  No  man  is  truly 
happy  but  he  who  is  contented.  "Wisdom  is  more  to  be  prized  than 
riches,  but  virtue  ana  devoutness  the  luust.  Virtue  is  the  greatest 
ornament  of  man.  The  louder  the  man  shouted  the  quicker  the  cow  j 
ran.  The  GreeK  and  Roman  philosophers  firmly  believed  that  the 
dead  of  night  was  the  noon  of  thought.  The  smile  of  gaiety  is  often 
assumed  while  the  heart  aches  within.  Though  folly  may  laugh, 
guilt  will  sting.  Liberty  carried  to  excess.  As  we  cannot  discern  the 
shadow  moving  along  the  dial  plate,  so  we  cannot  always  trace  our 
progress  in  knowledge.  Chop  the  meat  in  the  shop.  The  yeoman 
shot  the  foeman.  Do  not  engross  all  the  room.  An  embargo  on  com- 
merce. You  could  not  if  you  would,  should  not  if  you  could.  The 
bully  lay  in  ambush  to  attack  the  butcher.  Do  not  wound  the  youth. 
A  fish  chowder.  A  memorable  day.  The  doings  of  society.  A  memo- 
rial was  raised  to  the  unknown  dead.  My  father  has  shaved  off  his 
moustache.  The  chandelier  fell  and  smashed  the  glasses.  He  missed 
the  path  and  did  not  reach  home  until  late  that  night.  The  aisle  of 
the  church.  All  the  wise  instructions  of  the  law-giver,  all  the  doct- 
rines of  the  sage,  all  the  ennobling  strains  of  the  poet,  had  perished 
in  the  ear,  like  a  dream  related,  if  letters  had  not  preserved  them. 


ACME    PHONOGRAPHY.  85 


THIRD  LESSON— Reading  Exercise. 
CLVo>X®^n^^^^O^_DwOx^ 

-  A.  a-  (f-    -^  /'   C  ^  ^   ^/r~\  /^  cr  L    _  i-    f 

(1  X  -  d  v-/^  (  X/     _  ^e  .s)-^  _  ^-e.  ^-L  _  Me 

"V  ^  .^  _  r/  y^    ^-5-"  _  2^  I  _  '^  ><"  _  ^  ^"~^^ 

-  \^  ^  _  ^  X  .  i  ^  ^^  r  ^v_  ^  ^>  ^  ^  ^  .i- 


26 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

FOURIH  LESSON-Revlew. 

\ 

bab 

r 

copy 

i 

babe 

^ 

coke 

i 

Bible 

o 

comma 

•      ^ 

babbler 

&/ 

comb 

4 

pup 

V 

bevelled 

^ 

peep 

> 

big 

r 

tiger 

Vn 

believe 

i 

trigger 

\ 

bask 

-9 

trees 

y 

era 

^ 

tries 

Y 

fowl 

-</ 

tram 

> 

freckle 

-*V 

trample 

V 

frizzle 

4. 

truth 

> 

frisk 

-^ 

torch 

V 

frolic 

> 

sprig 

^ 

freight 

4- 

spite 

> 

fate 

4- 

spades 

V 

frail 

^ 

vase 

w 

map 

> 

views 

n 

nap 

> 

vague 

'^ 

nape 

V 

village 

^ 

mask' 

r 

digest 

v-r^ 

mastiflf 

1^ 

disaffect 

-^ 

dame 

■^ 

disciple 

-V 

dam 

ACMB 

PHONOGRAPHY. 

37 

FOURTH  LESSON-Continued. 

y- 

scarlet 

-7. 

drab 

X 

father 

*<? 

drank 

V 

fortune 

-H 

damp 

K- 

harvest 

r 

flag 

^•^ 

laugh 

■V7 

flange 

-T\- 

draft 

^ 

gang 

/r>— 

laundry 

Ax- 

gland 

/tf^-. 

laundress 

>7 

hank 

> 

bag 

K 

heath 

k 

bans            ' 

^ 

have 

V- 

bland 

^ 

quiz 

v> 

blank 

^Vi^ 

quondam 

w 

brand 

i 

quickest 

6 

cash 

.  n 

latch 

j 

catch 

4 

laps 

i 

crash 

ySt" 

mile 

h 

crank 

h 

sash 

I 

champ 

h 

scalpers 

L, 

cramp 

^ 

scamp 

? 

chap 

A 

scan 

^9 

clank 

A- 

sc£^nt 

J^ 

clad 

f 

scrap 

-;>' 

classic 

5 

scratch 

^ 

cabin 

X 

chad 

28 

ACMK    PHONOGRAHY. 

. 

s    FOURTH  LESSON— Continued 

>- 

Shalt 

^ 

javelin                             | 

? 

saag 

A 

lather 

0 

snatch 

mammoth 

y> 

splash 

oT^ 

matin 

}ry 

sprang 

^^ 

maddoek 

•^ 

stamp 

H^ 

maxim 

t 

strap 

V 

i 
perish 

y> 

thank 

s 

parish                               i 

-c 

tracked 

Ih 

parrot 

J. 

acrid 

4^ 

patent 

i 

aspect 

l/«>- 

planet 

-K 

aspen 

A 

rather 

ir 

ballad 

cr- 

salad 

!        ip- 

ballot 

^ 

salver 

K 

ballast 

^ 

scaffold 

t- 

brandy 

>f 

shallop                               j 

^ 

franchise 

>^ 

shanty- 

</*> 

gallop 

-^ 

transcript 

^ 

gamut 

5 

abash 

i^ 

haddock 

'-t 

adapt 

V 

hamtuock 

1 

attach 

^ 

handcuff 

y 

attack 

^ 

havock 

;- 

April 

J. 

jacket 

;^ 

cabal 

ACME    PHOJfOGBAPHY, 

29 

FOURTH  LESS0'N-Ke%'iew. 

^ 

canal 

\^     change 

^ 

magnify 

A     .  chased 

I 

epigram 

.        crate 

i 

parapet 

VC'    flame 

(H 

parody 

•^     frame 

•V 

caravan 

/,      graze 

^ 

cranberry 

/       grade 

k 

expanse 

^     grange 

(^ 

expand 

y^     mace 

1 

dispatch 

\        shave 

"^ 

distract 

^        skate 

-v<. 

decant 

^     slake 

^ 

mishap 

^      slate 

/^ 

refract 

^      ^ake 

/^ 

retract 

«/*      stage 

/• 

age 

•^-     state 

i 

brace 

£^       swathe 

/ 

cage 

"\^      famous 

-:^ 

chief 

^     gamester 

<; 

aquatic 

*"''^   stately 

, 

■    /^ 

elastic 

''"^    inmate 

1 

^ 

fanatic 

tf^    orange 

j^ 

scale 

^       weapon 

A 

crave 

^-/    scandalous 

30  ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 


FOURTH  LESSON.  ~ 

Many  boast  themselves  of  great  deeds,  which  they  have  never  ac- 
complished. Misers  are  like  the  donkeys,  that  carry  gold  and  eat 
thistles.  There  is  no  mortal  truly  wise  and  restless  at  the  same  time: 
wisdom  is  the  repose  of  the  mind.  Patience  is  a  difficult  attainment; 
many  can  teach  it,  but  few  learn  it.  A  bone  for  the  dog.  Prosperity 
tries  a  man,  adversity  makes  him.  The  yolk  of  an  egg.  A  torn  flag 
was  borne  to  the  fort.  The  whole  fabric  of  society  is  cemented  to- 
gether by  the  principle  of  faith.  Mutual  trust  is  the  very  life  of  na- 
tions and  men.  How  many  hopes  have  quivered  for  us  in  the  past 
year — have  flashed  like  lightning  in  the  summer  nights  and  died  for- 
ever. The  fall  of  the  leaf  is  a  whisper  to  the  living.  He  that  hath  no 
rule  over  his  own  spirit  is  like  a  city  that  is  broken  down  and  without 
walls.  The  winter  of  the  old  man's  age  is  cheered  with  pleasing  re- 
flections of  the  past,  and  bright  hopes  for  the  future.  The  conscience 
is  the  voice  of  the  soul,  the  passions  are  the  voices  of  the  body  ;  to 
which  of  these  voices  shall  we  listen  ?  There  is  no  virtue  without  a 
characteristic  beauty  to  make  it  loved  by  the  good,  and  to  make  the 
bad  ashamed  of  their  neglect  of  it.  The  healthy,  the  temperate,  and 
the  virtuous,  enjoy  the  true  relish  of  pleasure.  The  more  frequent 
our  intercourse  is  with  nations,  the  more  our  commerce  will  be  ex- 
tended. The  noblest  man  is  not  always  the  most  fortunate,  and  the 
richest  not  always  the  wisest.  The  wisest  man  is  generally  the  most 
modest,  the  most  stupid  the  most  obtrusive.  The  clouds  of  care  may 
darken  over  the  Christian's  path,  but  he  can  look  up  with  filial  trust 
to  the  guardian  caret)f  a  beneficent  Father.  Wisdom  is  the  associate 
of  justice.  It  assists  her  to  form  equal  laws,  to  pursue  right  measures, 
to  correct  power,  to  protect  weakness,  and  to  unite  individuals  in  a 
common  interest  and  general  welfare. 


ACME   PHONOGRAPHY.  31 


FOURTH  LESSON— Reading  Exercise. 


^y    y  ^^  ^'T   -^  y^-^  r./<~  ,  v^  /  ,^  J-x 

.  v_^  _^  X  -   "^^^  o  Ci-  X  .  ^.^  ^  ^ ^y^^ 

— .  X  o^.  \  >e,  '^  o  y   "^   X  ^  XY  >'  -    c>^i ^^ 


32 


ACME  PHOXOGRAPHT. 


an,  en,  ni, 


FIFTH  LESSON. 
on,  un,  ine  oin 

i     (up)  ov  'N 


own 

€    (up)» 


Thicken  the  nasal  signs  to  affix  "R,"  thus:     . 
banner  tenor  sinner         gunner  finer         joiner 

L,  -V  <v  /  -^        <^ 


"When  am,  em,  im,  om,  um,  occur  before  "P"  or  "B,"  they  are 
written  as  nasal  signs. 

When  joining  a  nasal  sign  with  a  consonant  sign  an  angle  must 
be  formed. 


•>-^>i3^'^*.^-.- 


Write  the  following  in  shorthand  characters: 

Pen,  pine,  bin,  bun,  fin,  fun,  bronze,  line,  angle,  energy,  enervate, 
consonant,  terminate,  sign,  joint,  giant,  thicken,  second,  founder, 
minnow,  trombone,  compost,  foreman,  condole,  console,  condolence, 
opponent,'  winnow,  bunch,  jump,  uncouth,  improve,  plumpness, 
plunge,  skim,  trunk,  gunwale,  summons,  underrate,  rotund,  concur- 
rent, forerunner,  impulsive,  occurrence,  front,  monk,  month,  sponge, 
wont,  bombast,  money,  mongrel,  inconvenient,  enough,  wonderful, 
cousin,  encompass,  generally,  durance,  student,  henpeck,  tempera- 
ment, implication,  congregation,  machination,  conversation,  innova- 
tion, invocation,  sunshine,  continental,  incompetence,  concomitant, 
examination,  insensible,  assigner,  countermand,  ensign,  grinding, 
against,  remembering,  moistening,  until,  splint,  insure,  embossed, 
indented,  indellible,  connected,  parenthesis,  permanent,  another, 
movement. 


ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

33 

FIFTH  LESSON. 

L. 

band 

VA- 

mend 

L. 

bind 

\y 

mound 

\ 

^- 

bound 

vJU. 

mind 

i. 

eant 

/ 

long 

\               -L. 

kind 

^ 

lounge 

<^ 

coined 

k_. 

pant 

^ 

count 

L 

banter 

-^ 

fender 

1^ 

bunting 

"K— 

finder 

L^   bending 

V- 

foumder 

c^ 

sending 

tin 

n-/ 

dental 

-* 

tyne 

/^ 

rental 

-€ 

town 

c 

winsome 

-^ 

din 

^ 

handsome 

—1 

dine 

*• 

stencil 

down 

<— . 

candid 

L- 

bend 

r 

wended 

bond 

&*— 

amend 

( 

sin 

-^ 

denied 

c- 

sun 

c^- 

sing 

<^ 

sign 

<-. 

unkind 

i            4- 

sound 

-L 

unnumbere 

) 

chin 

-> 

unintentional 

L_ 

banded 

t . 

unconnected 

34 

ACMK   PHONOGRAPHS. 

FIFTH  LESSON- 

-Contimued. 

^      r: 

unequal 

^ 

nonsense 

f- 

uncounted 

\r 

insult 

or> 

among 

\ 

pantheon 

«>^ 

amount 

/-=> 

country 

^ 

angling 

y 

honorary 

/ 

anger 

K/ 

enormously 

•^ 

animate 

h 
^ 

exoneration 

^ 

animation 

generally 

> 

ankle 

:v 

manfully 

V 

anniversary 

iw. 

binding 

•V 

announce 

-6. 

grinding 

>*>- 

announcement 

x^ 

finding 

"^ 

enunciate 

w-> 

drowning 

>-o 

annointing 

)r^ 

bounding 

-^ 

anonymous 

•v^ 

fountain 

»-*. 

antecedent 

\j^ 

mountain 

— 

mend 

(<_ 

coined 

.1* — ■ 

lend 

f 

scamper 

e_ 

send 

\ 

)•  mper 

s— 

strand 

\ 

impair 

^ 

lonely 

^ 

umpire 

K- 

patent 

^ 

boundary 

;^ 

written 

K 

incontinence 

.     < 

within 

•K 

preponderance 

ACMB 

PHONOGRAPHY. 

85 

FIFTH  LESSON-Continued. 

! 

v 

impertinence 

<- 

unkind 

"^^ 

maintain 

-V. 

unimportant 

-V 

mainsail 

^ 

unintentional 

i 

gainsay 

1_ 

unbind 

Y^ 

hailstone 

^ 

unconscious 

^ 

mariner 

t 

uncongenial 

>■ 

coroner 

\ 

amber 

\. 

impart 

V^ 

employment 

i 

impute 

V- 

implement 

X 

impotence 

4A. 

compliment 

u. 

impending 

L, 

competent 

\ 

impenetrable 

^ 

compendious 

i->^ 

impediment 

"k- 

compounder 

1 

impatient 

/-w 

condense 

1- 

umbel 

^ 

confinement 

if 

umbilical 

>!- 

consent 

> 

umbrage 

^ 

convent 

;»- 

umpirage 

-r^ 

undone 

1- 

unaccompanied 

o<L 

groined 

j^ 

unaccountable 

^ 

loin 

C 

unacquainted 

o^ 

joined 
unremarked       ^ 

'V^ 

unanimous 

.o^ 

•t^ 

unanswerable 

>-^ 

undersigned 

-*.A^ 

unmannerly 

V 

imply 

36 


ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 


FIFTH  LESSON-Contlnued. 


y 

L 

V- 

y 

\ 


amply 

ambitious 

ambition 

ambulance 

ambush 

ambassador 

employ 

emporium 
mpound 
mpotenee 
mpossible 
mportant 
mplant 
mpenitent 
mpellent 
mpend 
mp 

mpolitic 
mpose 
mposition 
mprudencs 
ncandescent 
ncense 
ncessant 


> 

inch 

i 

incomparable 

\. 

incompetence 

K 

inconstant 

\ 

inconvenience 

^■ 

indecent 

^ 

indefensible 

"t 

mendicant 

^v. 

invent 

^ 

inferential 

^^ 

infinite 

>- 

infringe 

^ 

ingeniously 

/ 

injunction 

*^- 

instant 

^ 

instinct 

Y 

intelligence 

■^^ 

interment 

^ 

intrench 

V 

inventor 

V 

investor 

< 

quarantine 

? 

ungenerous 

y^ 

undermine 

ACME   PHONOGRAPHY.  37 


FIFTH  LESSON. 


•>-^>*;^*«^«lf-<- 


Constancy  in  friendship  denotes  a  generous  mind.  One  vice  is 
more  expensive  than  many  virtues.  A  tender  loin  of  beef.  The 
hound  found  a  grouse.  The  bank  will  not  discount  my  note.  The 
amount  is  about  nine  hundred.  I  found  a  flounder.  A  profound 
student.  Command  the  company  of  troops  to  dismount.  An  encoun- 
ter with  a  mountebank.  The  boundary  line.  Health  is  of  paramount 
importance.  Our  townsman  is  not  in  the  town  council.  Pen  a  re- 
joinder to  the  clown.  Anoint  the  skin  with  ointment.  The  man  is 
not  only  an  ingenius  workman,  bnt  he  has  an  ingenius  or  frank  dis- 
position. A  manuscript  is  writing  done  by  the  hand.  Compute  the 
amount  of  the  account.  An  impudent  argument.  The  constable  ar- 
rested the  conjuror.  Reticence  is  concealment  by  silence.  Our  an- 
tecedent correspondence.  Pardon  the  inadvertance.  Accomplish 
your  task  and  then  you  can  play.  My  champion  had  no  weapon. 
The  requisite  amount  was  given  by  the  gantleman.  To-day  is  thine: 
improve  to-day,  nor  trust  to-morrow's  distant  ray.  Wisdom  is  the 
repose  of  the  mind.  A  friend  is  a  coin — it  is  proved  before  it  is  taken. 
A  sage  once  said:  "There  is  no  better  possession  than  a  sound  under- 
standing in  a  sound  body."  The  desire  to  be  free  and  independent 
is  innate  in  every  human  being.  The  sound  of  the  evening  bell  re- 
called tender  memories  of  boyhood's  days  now  past  and  gone.  The 
combination  of  colors  produced  an  elegant  impression,  I  am  not 
sounding  the  trumpet  of  war.  I  will  cheerfully  concede  every  reason- 
able defnand  for  the  sake  of  peace.  Our  land — the  garden  of  liberty's 
tree — has  been,  and  shall  continue  to  be,  the  land  of  the  free.  A 
lively  countenance  is  not  always  the  sign  of  a  quiet  conscience.  Con- 
stant dropping  of  the  water  wears  away  a  stone. 


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38 


ACMB    PHONOGBAHT. 


FIFTH  LESSON-Reading  Exercise. 

r  n.  V— ^   X  .  >—  .  v^~   X  .  *V-   «^-^-^  X   6x \   o 

-.<*_A   ^   ^    ^  /^  X  k  .  -^  --  ;^  X  ^  _    ^  /  <^^^-c 

I    -    "^w.   X    c^    _   tV"   a-  <?-    X  .  JU_   ,5^   X    _    ^    C_ 

L  _  o*--  X   ■—  (  v^- — ;)^  -^ —  ^    -e.  -€^    -^ 
^  c  A  a-   ot^   X    .  >^    c  ^  ^  A-  •>   -^  Y  X  .   k. 

-^■an.^-^  -3  («/-  cJ —  X  -  '-3^  1  ^  -  ^~l__^ .  C  ^  ^ 
^  >£^  H  X  -  C^  cr  "V-x  )  /-  -w  o  4-=  -^  ^ 
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^    -  ^    -^   .      <    ot-    X    [/c    /^    _    V*/    V-    ^ 
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ACME    PHONOGRAPHY.  39 


SIXTH  LESSON. 


•^-^*^;^>«^5«f-|• 


When  a  word  or  syllable  ends  in  "R"  preceded  by  a  vowel,  the 
"R"  may  be  expressed  by  reversing  the  position  of  the  vowel. 

Write  the  following  in  shorshand  characters. 

Harder,  further,  larder,  tartar,  martyr,  smart,  fear,  fireworks, 
cancer,  brimmer,  glimmer,  hammer,  layer,  primer,  rasher,  stammer, 
trencher,  ulcer,  voucher,  banterer,  glacier,  gossamer,  treasurer,  com- 
poser, performer,  reformer,  sepulcher,  armor,  clamor,  horror,  juror, 
razor,  rumor,  sponsor,  terror,  tremor,  tumor,  emperor,  aggressor,  con- 
fessor, divisor,  enamour,  reporting,  lecturer,  error,  terror,  anterior, 
archer,  corsair,  sorcerer,  demurrer,  precursor,  conjurer,  workmanship, 
laureate,  to-morrow,  inserted,  certainly,  surveying,  portmanteau, 
firmament,  carefulness,  assertion,  circumlocution,  circumstantial,  cir- 
cumnavigation, circumvent,  nervousness,  marriageable,  Mortimer, 
shower,  shore,  charade,  dreamer,  parasite,  horizon,  horizontal,  fore- 
most, forthwith,  verger,  virginal,  attired,  aspired,  thorax,  thrower, 
Thorp,  starlight,  stork,  mariner,  partisan,  particularity,  regularity, 
similarity. 


40 

ACMB   PHONOGRAPHY. 

SIXTH  TiESSON. 

I 

bar 

\ 

fewer 

J' 

bore 

yr- 

lard 

) 

bear 

/ 

leer 

/ 

bower 

/^ 

lord 

• 

car 

A- 

lowered 

c/ 

core 

JP 

ogre 

/ 

care 

v>» 

mire 

/ 

cower 

u/ 

mare 

/ 

cure 

0<" 

marts 

— 

dear 

^ 

marble 

'-V 

door 

^ 

marvel 

-— 

dower 

^ 

near 

J 

par 

r^r, 

nigher 

d 

pore 

^ 

north 

J 

pair 

^ 

nerves 

(^ 

power 

'By 

normal                               1 

i 

- 

tar 

? 

Norway 

— . 

tear 

I 

shore                                  i 

-o 

tore 

L 

short 

— 

tour 

) 

shear                                1 

-<a=» 

tower 

) 

shire                                  • 

% 

far 

u 

sardine                              } 

•\> 

fore 

^ 

swords 

\ 

fear 

K 

serf 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

41 

SIXTH  LESSGN-Continuecl. 

\ 

server                                            O' 

grower 

\ 

surf                                                %^ 

friar 

i 

sire                                                »«a 

truer 

{ 

seer                                               »^ 

drawer 

. 

i 

sore                                               — » 

dare 

c 

easier                                           — » 

drear 

busier                                           <- 

*-t) 
embalmer                                     J- — 

store 
coward 

; 

chair                                             1 — 

bowered 

I 

charmer                                       ^^ 

remark 

»_>o^ 

mortal                                            /^ 

ignore 

sjcr 

mortice                                         \ 

Charles 

I 

charts             >                                 t_,_ 

partner 

A 

certain                                           ( 

card 

^    i- 

sordid                                           v_^ 

market 

UT- 

murder                                         ^/ 

merely 

>--r- 

merit                                             \jf 

mark 

^ 

wire                                               *^ 

moral 

/- 

were                                              <<^ 

servile 

•^ 

trier                                               (c,^ 

server 

— » 

drier                                            Ce: 

servant 

J 

prior                                             *^ 

nervous 

J 

briar                                             1 

sheriff 

./ 

crier                                              ^ 

mortgage 

42 

1 

ACME    PHONOGRAPHY. 

SIXTH  LESSON- 

-Continued. 

/ 

v^ 

mortality 

/ 

large 

^ 
A 

marginal  ^ 
certain 

^ 

y 

lark 
park 

certificate 

^ 

spark 

surprise 

sharp 

sigher 

smart 

y 

career 

«rv' 

snarl 

\ 

parrier 

Oa. 

snort 

/ 

jeerer 
interior 

; 

starve 
archer 

"N 

inferior 

larboard 

Ai 

exterior 

7 

margin 

^ 

warrior 

-rT» 

tartar 

lie                         ^ 
law 

)_ 

embark 
hard 

1 

inspire 

NX- 

hoard 

\ 

J 

barbers 

'^ 

hurt 

bark 

V 
^ 

horrible 

J 

barge 

measure 

L 

carpet 

•^ 

pleasure 

L 

cart 

^ 

treasure 

<v 

carve 

\ 

seizure 

; 

charger 

7 

morgue 

dart 

^ 

slow 

i 

ACME   PHONOGRAPHY. 


43 


SIX-FH  LESSON-Continued. 


\/ 

burley 

cc/ 

immortalize 

0> 

incur 

^ 

envar 

k 

burden 

4 

export 

i' 

burglar 

"b- 

ford 

<L 

gored 

?^ 

forge 

4. 

gurnet 

^ 

forth 

i 

purser 

<no 

snore 

4o^. 

Saturn 

d^ 

portray 

^    ^   Thursday 

forego 

I 

absurd 

adore 

—Ui 

demur 

y 

porch 

1 

disburse 

o' 

course 

> 

surgery 

<^ 

quarto 

i 

insurgent 

&• 

sorrell 

C 

usurp 

^ 

commodore 

> 

verge 

<f 

quarrel 

^ 

signature 

i 

surpass 

i&- 

premature 

V 

surplus                              1 

P^ 

sirloin 

V 

surveying 

6, 

curtain 

_t/ 

demure 

i 

circuit 

^A> 

manure 

li- 

surfeit 

} 

obscure 

1 

marred 
survive 

durable 

torpid 

1 

44  ACME   PHONOGRAPHY, 


SIXTH  LESSON. 


•»-:;»:j^»*^5«f-«- 


The  chart  is  in  the  barge.  A  cart  is  in  the  park.  The  smart  bar- 
ber shaved  the  Mayor.  The  poor  servant  was  liberally  rewarded  for 
his  faithful  services.  Tar  is  on  the  spar.  Carve  with  a  sharp  knife. 
He  mounts  his  charger.  Market  is  the  place  for  barter.  Discharge 
the  prisoner.  Unbar  the  door  and  allow  him  to  depart.  The  servant 
of  the  peer  married  the  sailor.  The  carter  carted  the  barrels  to  the 
market.  The  report  of  the  surveyor  was  accurate  and  satisfactory. 
The  board  reserved  the  power  to  bore.  His  heart  is  as  hard  as  ada- 
mant. Bear  and  forbear.  A  mohair  chair  is  in  the  parlor.  Beware 
of  the  snare.  A  leap  year  occurs  every  fourth  year.  The  overseer 
reported  that  the  crops  were  a  failure.  The  seizure  was  effected  with 
horrible  barbarity.  The  cashier  of  the  bank  was  short  in  his  ac- 
counts. The  oppressed  serf  murdered  the  Czar.  The  people  mar- 
velled that  Martin  should  make  such  progress  in  so  short  a  time. 
The  roar  of  the  surf  on  the  deserted  beach  terrified  the  watchers. 
The  bower  was  covered  with  flowers  of  all  sorts.  The  swords  of  the 
warriors  were  sharpened  for  future  use.  The  murder  of  the  Mayor 
was  a  barbarous  deed.  The  lawyer  passed  into  court  through  the 
rear  door.  The  dog  barks.  The  bard  performed  on  the  harp.  The 
fireman  poured  a  volume  of  water  on  the  burning  store,  and  subdued 
the  fire  in  a  short  time.  His  remarks  produced  an  uproar.  The  sur- 
plus in  the  exchequer.  The  surgeon  prescribed  a  course  of  treatment 
for  the  suflFerer.  The  gardens  were  dotted  with  bowers.  A  garland 
of  laurel.  Lower  the  barrel  of  beer  into  the  cellar.  The  servant  took 
care  of  the  poor  beggar  boy.  Hear  my  charge.  Merely  place  the 
market  goods  on  the  marble  table.  The  brave  defenders  of  the  fort 
showered  bullets  on  the  invaders.  The  cherries  were  ripe  and  good 
in  the  orchard. 


ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 


45 


SIXTH  LESSON— Reading  Exercise. 


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46  ACME    PHOXOGRAPHT. 


WHAT  OUR  PUPILS  SAY. 

I  commenced  the  Acme  System  of  Shortliaiid,  not  without  grave 
doubts  as  to  its  capabilities.  This  was  in  the  middle  of  August.  By  the 
middle  of  October,  or  within  two  months  from  the  date  of  my  first  lesson, 
I  found  that  I  had  thoroughly  mastered  the  system,  and  could  readily 
write  and  transcribe  EIGHTY  FIVE  (85)  words  a  minute. 

Practice,  including  time  occupied  in  writing  exercises,  averaged  about 
two  hours  a  day. 

To  those  having  limited  time  and  wishing  a  good  knowledge  of  Short- 
hand, the  Acme  System  is  to  be  commended. 

P.  J.  McHENRY,  Jr.,  324  Delaware  Avenue, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  state  that  after  two  months'  instruction 
in  the  Acme  System  of  Phonography,  I  was  able  to  write  from  dicta- 
tion at  the  rate  of  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  EIGHTEEN  WORDS  per 
minute,  and  afterwards  properly  transcribe  it.  I  do  not  mean  by  this 
that  they  were  selected  phrases  that  I  had  mastered,  but  flowing  matter 
from  any  book. 

LOUISE  CONSTANCE  BROWN,  314  M  Street,  N.  W. 

Washington.  D.  C. 


You  must  think  me  a  very  slow  pupil,  and  I  am  ;  but  remember,  I  am 
not  able  to  spare  more  than  one  hour  daily  for  shorthand,  and  even  at 
that  rate  am  subject  to  interruptions.  Considering  the  little  time  devo- 
ted to  study,  I  am  quite  satisfied  with  my  progress,  thoroughly  convinced 
I  could  never  have  acquired  any  other  sj'Stem  in  this  way.  Previously 
I  had  carefully  examined  Ben.  Pitman's,  Munson's,  Lindsay's  Tachygra- 
phy,  Cross's  Eclectic  Shorthand,  Stolze's  (German)  English  Stenography, 
by  Michealis,  Scovil's,  Edeography,  and  the  Allen  Method.  All  have 
points  of  excellence,  but  as  systems  they  are  too  complicated.  Your  sys- 
tem is  SIMPLE,  LEGIBLE,  RAPID,  which  in  my  opinion  cannot  be 
said  of  anj'  of  the  others.  I  do  not  write  this  to  you  as  a  testimonial, 
but  simply  to  let  you  know  how  thoroughly  satisfied  I  am  with  your 
system.  Yours,  truly, 

ROBT.  DOBSON,  Presbyterian  Minister, 

Mt.  Carmel,  111. 


I  consider  your  system  the  most  easily  acquired,  the  most  legible, 
and  with  fair  practice,  the  most  rapid  of  any  English  system. 

J.  A.  J.  McKENNA,   Stenographer  Privy  Council, 

Ottawa,  aCnada. 


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ACME  PHONOGRAPHY. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Principal  Office,       -        -        -        -      921  F  Street,  N.  W. 
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Rev.  H.  H.  Messenger,        .        .        -        -        Principal. 

Indiana. 

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